Evening. Death and the Old Woman

Evening. Death and the Old Woman, a painting by Laurits Andersen Ring, 1887. 



The artwork depicts an elderly woman seated on a bundle of cloth by the side of a dirt road. She is hunched over, appearing somber and contemplative. Her clothing is dark and simple, suggesting a rural or peasant background. The setting is a flat, open landscape under a twilight sky. In the sky, a skeletal figure with large, dark wings is depicted, seemingly floating or flying. This figure is translucent and somewhat indistinct, giving it an ethereal quality. The overall mood is melancholic and suggestive of mortality. The painting's dimensions are 1.072 meters wide and 1.32 meters high. It is housed in the Statens Museum for Kunst.